17:44 18.11.2013

Ukraine harvests 59.5 m tonnes of grain from 96% of areas by November 18

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Ukraine by November 18 had harvested grain and leguminous crops from 15.1 million hectares (96% of the projected area), gathering 59.5 million tonnes of grain.

According to the Ministry of Agricultural Policy and Food, the average grain yield in the country totaled 39.3 centners per hectare, against 31.1 centners per hectare on the same date last year.

By that date, farmers had harvested 25.9 million tonnes of maize from 4.2 million hectares (87% of the planned area). The average yield of this crop was 61.9 centners per hectare.

By that date farmers had also threshed 10.6 million tonnes of sunflower seeds from 4.84 million hectares (99% of the area), with the average yield being 21.9 centners per hectare.

Farmers harvested 2.6 million tonnes of soybeans from 1.3 million hectares (95% of the area). That crop's average yield was 20.3 centners per hectare.

Sugar beets were harvested from 274,000 hectares (97% of the area). Farmers harvested 11 million tonnes, with the average yield being 403 centners per hectare.

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